LMPD: Fatal accidents are down, but fatal hit-and-runs are up

LOUISVILLE, KY (WAVE) - The number of fatal accidents are down this year, but the number of drivers leaving the scene of a fatal accident has tripled, according to the Louisville Metro Police Department.

There’s been six fatal hit-and-runs so far in 2018. This time last year there had been only two.

Police troubled by rise in hit-in-run crashes

Two of those six cases have been solved, leaving four Louisville families waiting on answers.